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and then you have conservatives arguing for lowering taxes since we passed corporate tax rate in the world on the rationale for why that works. why from an economic standpoint that produces more prosperity, how it works under ronald reagan, how jack kennedy did it, which you don't hear the same argument coming from this administration. they can't argue the facts because the facts do not back them out. they also can't come forward and have an honest discussion about what their objectives are. for us conservatives will argue our objective is to elevate everybody by increasing prosperity, by unleashing the private sector from overbearing government regulation so everybody can prosper. we believe there's an unlimited ability for prosperity. the left believes it's a fixed amount and everybody gets a slice. that's not how we see things. you don't hear the laughter ticket waiting a response to that discussion because what obama wants to do is force redistribution. if you are honest about that, his goals of not just equalize the number one, they're putting them down because that's what happe
and then you have conservatives arguing for lowering taxes since we passed corporate tax rate in the world on the rationale for why that works. why from an economic standpoint that produces more prosperity, how it works under ronald reagan, how jack kennedy did it, which you don't hear the same argument coming from this administration. they can't argue the facts because the facts do not back them out. they also can't come forward and have an honest discussion about what their objectives are....
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we can talk about regulation and pension and taxes and the government. a lot of that is [inaudible] a survey said housing prices are too high and that is a negative factor on recruitment. i thought, maybe we can bring the prices down. foreclosure works magic. i do not think you want that. you want rising wealth which could translate into a rising houses -- housing prices. you can increase density and breakdown similar rules, you get more people. there's a lot of things. as i drove down here from oakland cut -- oakland, i saw those cars in the ordinary lanes. one person per car. you have this one person with all this steel and plastic and oil. it is ridiculous. we're figuring out ways to do that. whether it is high speed rail or electric cars. the first will be rolling off the factory in treatments in the next few months -- in three months and in the next few months. yes, the innovative companies are small. the electric cars -- the tanks are small but so is fairchild or in tal or hewlett-packard -- intel or hewlett-packard or steve jobs. the seats we plan
we can talk about regulation and pension and taxes and the government. a lot of that is [inaudible] a survey said housing prices are too high and that is a negative factor on recruitment. i thought, maybe we can bring the prices down. foreclosure works magic. i do not think you want that. you want rising wealth which could translate into a rising houses -- housing prices. you can increase density and breakdown similar rules, you get more people. there's a lot of things. as i drove down here...
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these are all the taxes on the regulation, complete us. if you do all these things come you don't have to worry about us, the state anymore. when i got into office, i never was able to do that. but still, simplicity is pretty big here. we've seen a think that the law passed a few years ago has taught us in games about the value of the default position about autoenrollment, automatic escalation henry no financial literacy is not a high level among a lot of of us, even if we spend a lot of time, these things can get confusing. we don't want to take anyone's freedom away to make his or her own decision about this. automatic enrollment, or automatic changes are default position said that her reflect the reality of an individual may be one promising further separate to take a new senior advice about what they should be as once said. it was this simple form because that's what i'm thinking. i wonder what happened if i invited to to write a fluorescent admitted to us. let's say you're about to go into business. dr. madrian compasses that she what
these are all the taxes on the regulation, complete us. if you do all these things come you don't have to worry about us, the state anymore. when i got into office, i never was able to do that. but still, simplicity is pretty big here. we've seen a think that the law passed a few years ago has taught us in games about the value of the default position about autoenrollment, automatic escalation henry no financial literacy is not a high level among a lot of of us, even if we spend a lot of time,...
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credit against their employment taxes against their w-2, instead of their income tax liability. that opens this credit to new companies who don't yet have an income tax liability. there's lots of companies we could point to, let me pick one example. denovix, a small business based in my home state of delaware, is developing instrumentation in bioresearch with a team that includes molecular biologists and engineering professionals. the managing director of denovix, fred killhorn, says the legislation we're introducing today would help that company to offset some of the costs of bringing new innovative technology-based products to market. and for that, this bill earned his strong support. he's just one of many. there's a remarkable list of outside groups, companies and organizations that have supported it. i'll mention a few. silicon valley leadership group, revolution led by steve case, the founder of aa.o.l., the delaware state chamber of commerce, the association for manufacturing technology, the american small manufacturers coalition, and bio, a national organization that supp
credit against their employment taxes against their w-2, instead of their income tax liability. that opens this credit to new companies who don't yet have an income tax liability. there's lots of companies we could point to, let me pick one example. denovix, a small business based in my home state of delaware, is developing instrumentation in bioresearch with a team that includes molecular biologists and engineering professionals. the managing director of denovix, fred killhorn, says the...
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which is a consequence of any kind of market change and also a consequence of the carbon tax. that dribble trickles down to the consumer and changes habits. that turns the tables a little bit. seems to me that our inability as the public to make sacrifices makes us more of beholding to companies we don't like. >> guest: right. there's truth in that. and it's interesting, i was trying to think about this question of this price that people would have to pay to address climate change in particular, and no public in any era wants to volunteer for higher prices in their household expend kit tours. our politic shows that where the public saw a threat -- itch they thought their children were more likely to get asthma or develop respiratory disease because of air pollution that was unaddressed or their children were likely -- more likely to be exposed to cancer as a result of pollution in water supply, that people are willing to pay a price, whatever the price was, to protect their living generation from that danger. the problem with climate is it's over the horizon and the dangers ar
which is a consequence of any kind of market change and also a consequence of the carbon tax. that dribble trickles down to the consumer and changes habits. that turns the tables a little bit. seems to me that our inability as the public to make sacrifices makes us more of beholding to companies we don't like. >> guest: right. there's truth in that. and it's interesting, i was trying to think about this question of this price that people would have to pay to address climate change in...
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by trickle down economics or the sort of economics that says if you give a bunch you're rich people tax cuts and all that extra money they keep will eventually trickle down on to the rest of us and it will do more than just create a nation of it's after thirty years of trickle down economics we know what really happens here go down economics just makes us a nation of peons of peons working for a minimum wage is lost half its value since the nine hundred sixty s. if christie and the rest of the conservative movement would step out of the bubble and they'd see that giving more money to working people actually does help the economy a new jersey policy perspective analyzed the economic economic impact in new jersey of raising the minimum wage and found it would lead to an economic boom it would mean four hundred thirty nine million more dollars in the hands of working people in that state that would increase economic activity by two hundred seventy eight million dollars in the first year an equivalent of two thousand four hundred twenty new full time jobs would be. created all this from rai
by trickle down economics or the sort of economics that says if you give a bunch you're rich people tax cuts and all that extra money they keep will eventually trickle down on to the rest of us and it will do more than just create a nation of it's after thirty years of trickle down economics we know what really happens here go down economics just makes us a nation of peons of peons working for a minimum wage is lost half its value since the nine hundred sixty s. if christie and the rest of the...
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and they start off with the 6.2% social security, medicare taxes. they have a menu labeling men date that is another $1,000 per restaurant. for each $1 increase in the minimum wage mandate that's nearly $25,000 per year. they have paid sick leave mandates, and i'm not litigating any issue. if you're operating a business, those are mandates you start out paying. and we have to be careful about thinking about new ones. then there's the health care mandates that are coming that are coming on. again, not for re-litigate them. if i were the owner of the twenty fast food restaurants, they tell me that they offer health care to their 542 employees, but only 34 take it. .. marmite to spend on saving for retirement, we need to be very careful about any new pastor mande on existing businesses. or in a case of health care the come at the same restaurants are reducing the number of employees they have been a number of full-time employees, people who work with than 30 hours of make as much money, therefore they may not have as much to retire. my point is number
and they start off with the 6.2% social security, medicare taxes. they have a menu labeling men date that is another $1,000 per restaurant. for each $1 increase in the minimum wage mandate that's nearly $25,000 per year. they have paid sick leave mandates, and i'm not litigating any issue. if you're operating a business, those are mandates you start out paying. and we have to be careful about thinking about new ones. then there's the health care mandates that are coming that are coming on....
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but the value of tax rebates and tax cuts with eyes wide open. [applause] i propose returning $100 million back to the pockets of montana homeowners. i recognize others suggest we should use the hundred $9 to provide property tax cuts instead. the difference between a tax rebate in the tax cuts is simple. who stands to dataset. given $100 million in the form of a tax rebate will return $400 billion to everyone whose primary residence in the state. when you put a check in the hands of montana taxpayers, they take money downtown and spend it in the small businesses along main street. if you take the hundred million dollars in music to cut cut property taxes instead, the average montana homeowner would receive $44 this year. not 400. think about that. it will take 10 years for the taxpayer to get back as much money as they could see with the rebate. get if you're a company like tpn l., to propose tax cut but we were just million dollars this year alone. that's 23,000 times more than the average homeowner would receive. if we consider who stands to b
but the value of tax rebates and tax cuts with eyes wide open. [applause] i propose returning $100 million back to the pockets of montana homeowners. i recognize others suggest we should use the hundred $9 to provide property tax cuts instead. the difference between a tax rebate in the tax cuts is simple. who stands to dataset. given $100 million in the form of a tax rebate will return $400 billion to everyone whose primary residence in the state. when you put a check in the hands of montana...
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well, we can't just get to this problem by dealing with tax increases. this seems to be the preferred method of dealing with our deficits and debt, by raising taxes, which of course happened as a result of the fiscal cliff negotiations where taxes have gone up on americans roughly $60 billion a year, almost $600 billion over the next ten years. but the president's budgets nevertheless continue to ask for more revenue, but the message from this side of the aisle has been the president has gotten his pound of flesh on taxes. now it's time to deal with spending. unfortunately, we no longer have the luxury of delaying our toughest fiscal decisions. our gross national debt is now larger than our entire economy and we're now facing more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities for things like medicare and social security, promises we won't be able to keep unless we act now to put them on a fiscally sustainable path. i'm glad that our house colleagues have passed the no budget, no pay bill. i think most americans appreciate the fact that if congress doesn't d
well, we can't just get to this problem by dealing with tax increases. this seems to be the preferred method of dealing with our deficits and debt, by raising taxes, which of course happened as a result of the fiscal cliff negotiations where taxes have gone up on americans roughly $60 billion a year, almost $600 billion over the next ten years. but the president's budgets nevertheless continue to ask for more revenue, but the message from this side of the aisle has been the president has gotten...
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, higher taxes lead to greater economic distortions. again suppressing gdp. and again those facts are not in the basic cbo projection but our fiscal future is much scarier than he usually cbo shows. as government spending grows in coming decades, gdp will be suppressed more and more. it will sort of be like a fiscl death spiral in coming decades unless we make major reform. so those are the big picture problems of federal spending, and these are often discussed by budget wonks and others in washington. however, all federal spending is spending on particular programs. spending is not just bad because it leads to these overall macro economic problems. spending a many hundreds of particular federal program caused damage to society and harm individual freedom and grid all kinds of other problems. so the issue with federal spending on the federal budget is not just the question of whether $3.6 trillion is too much to spend this year. but the problem is whether spending on the hundreds of particular federal programs causes damage to society a
, higher taxes lead to greater economic distortions. again suppressing gdp. and again those facts are not in the basic cbo projection but our fiscal future is much scarier than he usually cbo shows. as government spending grows in coming decades, gdp will be suppressed more and more. it will sort of be like a fiscl death spiral in coming decades unless we make major reform. so those are the big picture problems of federal spending, and these are often discussed by budget wonks and others in...
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. >> this government has just introduced two new tax base which will cause people who own the oh, no, between 25 and 35,000 pounds per family. why is he choosing to put a block on the aspirations of young people who want to build their own home? >> we are encouraging people to build a own home and buy their own homes, not least by the reform of the planning system that has seen the planning guidance come from 1000 pages to 50 pages. that's why we are also encouraging the right to buy. and if honorable members opposite want to help, they might want to talk to the labour of 40s that are continually knocking people from buying the council or having association homes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will my right honorable friend wish to congratulate the company in my constituency, but taking advantage of the capital of laos is announced and the autumn statement of purchase to 1.3 million pounds, that will create six new jobs under -- i certain to my honorable friend in welcoming that investment it is experience in campaign history logic did have an effect in bringing forward these proposals o
. >> this government has just introduced two new tax base which will cause people who own the oh, no, between 25 and 35,000 pounds per family. why is he choosing to put a block on the aspirations of young people who want to build their own home? >> we are encouraging people to build a own home and buy their own homes, not least by the reform of the planning system that has seen the planning guidance come from 1000 pages to 50 pages. that's why we are also encouraging the right to...
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and you're saying taxing education is shared only d.p. there well if you want it as a share of per capita basis that's different ways to look at it you can look at it on a per capita basis and you will see that actually during the obama administration spending as a percentage of per capita basis gone down nine percent and obama came into office it went up consistently during both the bush and having served on the defense subcommittee of appropriations i realize that i'm in charge such as that people will only use basic defense spending they may or may not include the cost of this is what it would be so i understand what portion of it would be my point is is just . is that we're not doing enough on defense spending i'm going to agree with you right now now my point is i thought our levels of spending right now are not that different than they were in one nine hundred fifty and our level of taxation is radically lower than one hundred fifty nine hundred sixty nine hundred seventy the top tax rate was ninety one percent corporations are payi
and you're saying taxing education is shared only d.p. there well if you want it as a share of per capita basis that's different ways to look at it you can look at it on a per capita basis and you will see that actually during the obama administration spending as a percentage of per capita basis gone down nine percent and obama came into office it went up consistently during both the bush and having served on the defense subcommittee of appropriations i realize that i'm in charge such as that...
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as you can see, even if you have got all the tax increases, the president got all the tax increases that he wanted, this represents this line right here, it still doesn't come anywhere close to dealing with the spending that is going to explode in the out years if we don't do something to reign that in by reforming many of these programs that i just mentioned. if we're going to save and protect social security and medicare for future generations, we have to reform those programs in a way that doesn't create this huge red line that spikes into the future and literally bankrupts the country. in fact, social security ran a cash deficit in 2010. medicare, we're told by the actuaries, will be insolvent by the year 2024, and in fact in the hospital portion of the medicare trust fund we're told may be insolvent by the year 2016. so these are important dates to remember, because those are the dates at which the revenue coming in from the payroll taxes that support social security and medicare no longer pay for the benefits that are paid out to beneficiaries. and so, you know, we have got this so
as you can see, even if you have got all the tax increases, the president got all the tax increases that he wanted, this represents this line right here, it still doesn't come anywhere close to dealing with the spending that is going to explode in the out years if we don't do something to reign that in by reforming many of these programs that i just mentioned. if we're going to save and protect social security and medicare for future generations, we have to reform those programs in a way that...
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but valuing tax rebate and tax cuts with our eyes wide open. [applause] i propose returning $100 billion back to the pockets of montana homeowners. i recognize that others have suggested that we should use that hundred million dollars to provide property tax cuts instead. the difference between the tax rebate and the tax cut is simple: who stands to benefit? given hundred billion dollars back in the form of a tax rebate will return $400 to every one that has primary residences in the state. what you put -- when you put a check in the hands of montana taxpayers. they are going to take the money downtown and spend it in the small small businesses along main street. if you take that hundred million dollars and use it to cut property taxes instead, the average montana homeowner would receive $44 this year. not $400. think about that. it will take ten years for the taxpayer to get back as much money as they did this year with the rebate. yet, if you're a company like ppnl that proposed tax cut but reward you with over $1 million this year alone, tha
but valuing tax rebate and tax cuts with our eyes wide open. [applause] i propose returning $100 billion back to the pockets of montana homeowners. i recognize that others have suggested that we should use that hundred million dollars to provide property tax cuts instead. the difference between the tax rebate and the tax cut is simple: who stands to benefit? given hundred billion dollars back in the form of a tax rebate will return $400 to every one that has primary residences in the state....
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you're going to cut taxes, you cut taxes nation. cut rates, you don't target. targeting and particularly at the state and local level, targeting is where giveaways take place. targeting is where, it's where you play with, you figure out ways to appeal to people. so what that means is if you're in a time when broad-based tax cuts is no longer a realistic strategy, then the only way to get past where we are now is through economic growth, right? economic growth is the only solutions, cross sector economic growth is the only solution to we fell in government coffers so that the money that would have to come direct from the taxpayer and reducing the debt and reducing the deficit. >> and under those conditions, here's where it gets interesting your it has been tax cuts. that is the policy, what is the republican solution is, as i think you're the first person to lay out succinctly as anybody, is a series of governmental reforms that are brushed, that make policies more coherent, that allow both on the tax side and the health care reform side of health care cost side
you're going to cut taxes, you cut taxes nation. cut rates, you don't target. targeting and particularly at the state and local level, targeting is where giveaways take place. targeting is where, it's where you play with, you figure out ways to appeal to people. so what that means is if you're in a time when broad-based tax cuts is no longer a realistic strategy, then the only way to get past where we are now is through economic growth, right? economic growth is the only solutions, cross sector...
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tax dollars and american charitable giving. and then telling them they cannot repay those investments by contributing to the u.s. workforce. is both bad policy and bad business. that's what i've been working on this issue since i rise in the senate introducing three bills in calling for the creation of a new class of green cards for immigrants to earn an advanced student agree from an american university. i was glad to see the bipartisan framework released yesterday by senators mccain, schumer, rubio, and others, which moves us towards comprehensive immigration reform, embraces of this vital core principle. i also welcome president obama's contributions to this discussion and look forward to hearing what he has to say today in las vegas. it carries a bipartisan agreement that it is -- to make room for foreign-born american educated experts who want to apply their skills, start businesses and raise their families are. at the same time went to dramatically improve s.t.e.m. education available to american citizens to fill this dra
tax dollars and american charitable giving. and then telling them they cannot repay those investments by contributing to the u.s. workforce. is both bad policy and bad business. that's what i've been working on this issue since i rise in the senate introducing three bills in calling for the creation of a new class of green cards for immigrants to earn an advanced student agree from an american university. i was glad to see the bipartisan framework released yesterday by senators mccain, schumer,...
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relief act, paying fair share act of 2012, repeal big oil tax subsidies act, teachers and first responders back-to-work act, american jobs act of 2011, public safety employer-employee cooperation act, paycheck fairness act, creating american jobs and ending offshoring act. now, again -- again, it's not that the bill was filibustered. the right to even debate these bills and vote on them was filibustered. one thing, he go on the bill and they filibuster. no, we couldn't even debate it. even though a majority of senators voted for cloture. not 60 but a majority. so the majority thwarted from even bringing these up and debating them and even letting people offer amendments. now, it used to come that if a senator opposed a bill, he or she would engage in a spirited debate, try to change people's minds, attempt to persuade the public, offer amendments, vote "no," and then try to hold members who voted "yes" accountable at the ballot box. isn't that what it's about? in contrast, today, to quote former senator charles mathias, a republican, in 1994. here's what he said, 1994 -- quote -- "the fili
relief act, paying fair share act of 2012, repeal big oil tax subsidies act, teachers and first responders back-to-work act, american jobs act of 2011, public safety employer-employee cooperation act, paycheck fairness act, creating american jobs and ending offshoring act. now, again -- again, it's not that the bill was filibustered. the right to even debate these bills and vote on them was filibustered. one thing, he go on the bill and they filibuster. no, we couldn't even debate it. even...
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which examines state local property and sales taxes and if you're going to look at taxes let's look at all the taxes right around the nation according to the results the poorest twenty percent of americans pay an effective tax rate of eleven point one percent middle twenty percent pay nine point four percent guess how much the top one percent pay just a measly five point six percent half the rate that the poor pay in some states around the nation like washington texas florida and south dakota which had no state income taxes the poor are paying tax rates six times higher than the top one percent. this disparity has a lot to do is states moving away from progressive income taxes and towards sales taxes which are regressive since working people spend one hundred percent of their income and are thus taxed on one hundred percent of their income the billionaires on the other hand can't possibly spend all their income no matter what so they're taxed on only part of the ring conservatives want you to believe that half the nation doesn't pay taxes and that half of the nation is called takers
which examines state local property and sales taxes and if you're going to look at taxes let's look at all the taxes right around the nation according to the results the poorest twenty percent of americans pay an effective tax rate of eleven point one percent middle twenty percent pay nine point four percent guess how much the top one percent pay just a measly five point six percent half the rate that the poor pay in some states around the nation like washington texas florida and south dakota...
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got to have people running a country, policymakers who believe in structural reforms, privatizations, tax reforms, budget cuts, labor mobility and the need to be competitive both internally and externally. if you don't have governments with plans like that, you're not going to get them back to growth anytime soon. so it's very, very important that you can do that. seven, the point is the private sector or. and i think this is a problem because at the beginning there was no interest in the case of greece and in some of these other countries in involving the private sector. and, in fact, it was only when things got so bad that greece called upon the private sector with the troika which, as you know, is european union, the european central bank, the ecb and the international monetary fund to really get the private sector involved. and there you had a big haircut. if it had been dealt with earlier, it wouldn't have been as bad, and now they just had to do another debt buyback problem, operation which is still a problem. so i think the idea of getting the private sector involved early on, and
got to have people running a country, policymakers who believe in structural reforms, privatizations, tax reforms, budget cuts, labor mobility and the need to be competitive both internally and externally. if you don't have governments with plans like that, you're not going to get them back to growth anytime soon. so it's very, very important that you can do that. seven, the point is the private sector or. and i think this is a problem because at the beginning there was no interest in the case...
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. >> say on the tax policy, they fought on raising taxes on the rich. 60% to 70% of the public agree with the president on that. so they're marginalized on a lot of policy matters, and the stupid comments don't come out. >> coming out for lower taxes are not going to get you beat. why don't they stick to the strong points? republicans looked ridiculous this week when they decided to go after hillary clinton, who is riding so high in the polls. why did they go after her at the very point she was at her strongest, they attacked. let's take a look. >> i'm glad that you're accepting responsibility. i think that ultimately with your leaving you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9/11, and i really mean that. had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusable not to know of the request for security that really i think cost these people their lives. >> madam secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap. and th
. >> say on the tax policy, they fought on raising taxes on the rich. 60% to 70% of the public agree with the president on that. so they're marginalized on a lot of policy matters, and the stupid comments don't come out. >> coming out for lower taxes are not going to get you beat. why don't they stick to the strong points? republicans looked ridiculous this week when they decided to go after hillary clinton, who is riding so high in the polls. why did they go after her at the very...
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solve the issue because this is a matter of prioritizing spending and i don't think we can continue to tax the american economy. we need economic growth but it's about prioritizing spending. i have conservative beliefs foreign aid can be useful, but we have to get our spending out of control. we utilize the position to encourage the president to work with us in good faith to solve the debt and deficit issue >> i spent six months i guess it was or five months as a member of the super committee. and i put an enormous amount of energy and hope that we would be able to get the bigger bargain. i'm not here to go through the details of why we didn't, that there was a very hard line monitor negotiating position that prevented us from being able to come to an agreement which incidentally we just came to. but we can to this with far less on the table and far less accomplished than we would have if we had come to that agreement six months ago or a year ago. my hope is yes, i certainly will weigh in on that and the degree that it does not impact on - devotee to do my job and the ability of the state
solve the issue because this is a matter of prioritizing spending and i don't think we can continue to tax the american economy. we need economic growth but it's about prioritizing spending. i have conservative beliefs foreign aid can be useful, but we have to get our spending out of control. we utilize the position to encourage the president to work with us in good faith to solve the debt and deficit issue >> i spent six months i guess it was or five months as a member of the super...
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and yet, you know, that's not a statement that should increase taxes on gasoline. it's incredibly regressive. considered in policy hearings and talk about how it's very a clear signal to the market to increase the price of gasoline, if that's what you're trying to reduce. but it really -- when you see spikes in the price of gasoline and people interviewed on the news and they have a lifestyle, jobs to get to, and commitments that are made, and they've got a huge impact to their life by these high
and yet, you know, that's not a statement that should increase taxes on gasoline. it's incredibly regressive. considered in policy hearings and talk about how it's very a clear signal to the market to increase the price of gasoline, if that's what you're trying to reduce. but it really -- when you see spikes in the price of gasoline and people interviewed on the news and they have a lifestyle, jobs to get to, and commitments that are made, and they've got a huge impact to their life by these...
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under 65 just to earn i think 400,000 now before you begin increased taxes. it doesn't make sense. medicare is not a cheap program and we all forget this. when you go into medicare you're paying to such a premiums if you're a couple. you are paying two sets of medigap coverage. you're paying two sets of part d coverage. just straight up monthly expenses for health care as delay dramatically at a time when you have probably a fixed income and less opportunity to increase the income in the future. i think we have to be very careful when we look at the beneficiary impact of changes and we need to really understand what we are talking about and how it's going to impact people. the cost sharing in medicare is very high, and so to increase those costs on people is a difficult thing to do. raising the age, all these things go together, and so i worry if we look at them in isolation you can miss some of the problems that happen. >> dana had a thought. >> i can't help but draw the parallel to the commercial side, where we have had for years efforts to try to get health care spending under c
under 65 just to earn i think 400,000 now before you begin increased taxes. it doesn't make sense. medicare is not a cheap program and we all forget this. when you go into medicare you're paying to such a premiums if you're a couple. you are paying two sets of medigap coverage. you're paying two sets of part d coverage. just straight up monthly expenses for health care as delay dramatically at a time when you have probably a fixed income and less opportunity to increase the income in the...
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taxes are only relevant to that because taxes create that helps to create stability. so that is where taxes are relevant. we want to create fiscal stability, set policies in place but the private sector sees as helping to make the country more competitive. if the private sector and thinks the u.s. is likely on a relative bases to be more competitive in europe, they will typically make a decision to make investments in the u.s. as opposed to europe. if they decided to other parts of the world would likely be more competitive, they would make their investments there. two things we need to do, first, create fiscal stability. our live there to be a grand bargain style deficit deal that gets us on a trajectory across the long term that we're not dealing with this every few months. that's very destructive in terms of people making investment decisions. second, do some things in terms of policy. national energy policy and its destructive policy. continued investments in education and a change in immigration policy. executives would look at that and see those very positively
taxes are only relevant to that because taxes create that helps to create stability. so that is where taxes are relevant. we want to create fiscal stability, set policies in place but the private sector sees as helping to make the country more competitive. if the private sector and thinks the u.s. is likely on a relative bases to be more competitive in europe, they will typically make a decision to make investments in the u.s. as opposed to europe. if they decided to other parts of the world...
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so if you're filing your taxes online, choose h&r block at home. the power software created by the tax experts. file for free now at hrblock.com. meet the getaways. they live at alamo.com. and they just want to help you get a great deal on your rental car. just click on the alamo deal retriever℠. and get our best deal, customized for you. because everyone loves a little getaway... alamo. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer through 6 months. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events, including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you f
so if you're filing your taxes online, choose h&r block at home. the power software created by the tax experts. file for free now at hrblock.com. meet the getaways. they live at alamo.com. and they just want to help you get a great deal on your rental car. just click on the alamo deal retriever℠. and get our best deal, customized for you. because everyone loves a little getaway... alamo. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided...
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. >>> and here comes the tax manual. the i.r.s. will accept 2012 tax returns starting tomorrow. that's eight days later than the agency had originally planned. the tax filing deadline got pushed back due to some changes that congress made to the tax laws to avoid the fiscal cliff. >>> also, you may want to swap out your credit card for a debit card the next time you pay for a purchase. here's why. retailers can now charge customers up to 3% more when they swipe their credit card at the checkout. these fees are all part of a settlement from the 2005 lawsuit between visa, mastercard and nine banks. ten states passed a law that bans this checkout fee. some retailers, though, are saying they're not automatically going to apply this so it's probably a good idea to check before you swipe the next time. >> you don't find out unless you go through a fine tooth comb on your account. >>> it's 4:42. less than a week ago, we had temperatures in the teens overnight. soon it's going to feel a lot more like april around here. howard is up next to tell us why. >> a consumer alert for ravens fan
. >>> and here comes the tax manual. the i.r.s. will accept 2012 tax returns starting tomorrow. that's eight days later than the agency had originally planned. the tax filing deadline got pushed back due to some changes that congress made to the tax laws to avoid the fiscal cliff. >>> also, you may want to swap out your credit card for a debit card the next time you pay for a purchase. here's why. retailers can now charge customers up to 3% more when they swipe their credit...
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again it include the aftermath of the tragedy as well how we make sure that such presentations of a tax that would happen again a couple other questions i know you put the individuals defined as culpable by the board on the last administrative leave what do you anticipate will be the final resolution of the status in the department and the accountability review board didn't identify any individuals above the secretary assistant secretary level as accountable for the failures of the benghazi mission? use of the numerous tables requesting and begging for additional security resources sent by the ambassador were never sent by the state officials above the assistant secretary or assistant secretary charlene. i know that you care about the people that work with you and the department so given the fact your testimony is in these multiple requests and no levels of these requests doesn't that give you some concerns about the flow of information in the department and maybe some of your other links of ability to prioritize and get your attention serious issues you said that you get hundreds of th
again it include the aftermath of the tragedy as well how we make sure that such presentations of a tax that would happen again a couple other questions i know you put the individuals defined as culpable by the board on the last administrative leave what do you anticipate will be the final resolution of the status in the department and the accountability review board didn't identify any individuals above the secretary assistant secretary level as accountable for the failures of the benghazi...
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he ruled out tax increases. house republicans don't want to cut defense spending, in fact, in the romney campaign they wanted to raise it quite a bit. in theory, you shouldn't cut medicare for anybody retiring in the next ten years, so you can't get cuts there if you stick to that. the whole budget, it is only about a trillion and a half dollars. that is all of our spending on the poor and education, and skills training and research, everything else we're doing, it is about a trillion and a half. and ryan needs $800 billion. is ryan really going to cut all that by half, by more than half? that would be the most unpopular budget in history, it would be a disaster. or would the republican party change their promises and cut into medicaid or social security in the next ten years? this is what they have backed themselves into, these choices. there is a reason why ryan, who is really a conservative guy, who is trying to create a budget, that was a genuinely conservative guy, if you're not raising taxes you can't do i
he ruled out tax increases. house republicans don't want to cut defense spending, in fact, in the romney campaign they wanted to raise it quite a bit. in theory, you shouldn't cut medicare for anybody retiring in the next ten years, so you can't get cuts there if you stick to that. the whole budget, it is only about a trillion and a half dollars. that is all of our spending on the poor and education, and skills training and research, everything else we're doing, it is about a trillion and a...
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that tax the securities transaction exchange rice tax. ok i'm reading an article right now from the l.a. times eleven european countries have received the green light tuesday to plan a financial transaction tax that could generate billions of dollars in revenue for cash strapped go for government on the on the order of fifty billion dollars you're absolutely right richard thanks for calling and bringing that up and not only will that raise revenue but as they pointed out you can read in that l a times or any other article big government thinks that this is also going to diminish risky behavior by banks toure's that's it for your take my take alive thanks for all your calls and if we didn't get your calls tonight try is back next week. coming up all across america republicans are working to hard to corrupt our democracy and to rig the twenty sixteen election how could reforming the american voting process help to put integrity back into our democracy. let me let me i want to wouldn't let me ask you a question from. here on this network is
that tax the securities transaction exchange rice tax. ok i'm reading an article right now from the l.a. times eleven european countries have received the green light tuesday to plan a financial transaction tax that could generate billions of dollars in revenue for cash strapped go for government on the on the order of fifty billion dollars you're absolutely right richard thanks for calling and bringing that up and not only will that raise revenue but as they pointed out you can read in that l...
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they started out with a $6.-- 6.2% social security taxes. they are mandate labeling mandate for for each $1 increase in the minimum wage. that's nearly $25,000 per year. they have paid sick leave mandates and not re-litigated any issues. i'm saying for you're operating a business, those are some of the mandates you start out paying, and we have to be careful about thinking about new ones. there's the health care mandates coming on, again, not to re-litigate them, if i were the owner of that twenty fast food restaurants, they tell me that they offer health care to their 542 employees, only 34 take it. if nothing changed next year, that is with the health care law didn't go in to effect, they would be spending $94,000 on health care under the health care law. if they opt to pay the penalty they'll be spending a million dollars instead of 94. that exceeds the net profit for the year 2013. if they were decide themselves to continue to offer health care, their cost would be between $400 ,000 and $1.4 million. you can apply the same sort of reason
they started out with a $6.-- 6.2% social security taxes. they are mandate labeling mandate for for each $1 increase in the minimum wage. that's nearly $25,000 per year. they have paid sick leave mandates and not re-litigated any issues. i'm saying for you're operating a business, those are some of the mandates you start out paying, and we have to be careful about thinking about new ones. there's the health care mandates coming on, again, not to re-litigate them, if i were the owner of that...
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the sales tax. it is an idea gaining popularity with republican leaders. send us a tweet and tell us what say you are from and what you are talking about and what you have to share with us. that is @cspanwj. jamie is up next on the independent line. caller: good morning. i would like to preface by setting, can i have enough time to get my point across? we have a new governor who left congress as a member of the tea party caucus, which was headed by the likes of michelle bachman. i am pessimistic about our future at this point in time because we are pretty much being overtaken by tea partyism. the republican party could have taken over the senate if not for more -- richard burr doctor was able to run richard lugar it way from the senate. we had a democrat that was able to reach across the aisle and get things accomplished. the tea party do does seem to want to work anyway. it is their way or the highway. mike pence even caucused with the tea party with the united states house of representatives. i am
the sales tax. it is an idea gaining popularity with republican leaders. send us a tweet and tell us what say you are from and what you are talking about and what you have to share with us. that is @cspanwj. jamie is up next on the independent line. caller: good morning. i would like to preface by setting, can i have enough time to get my point across? we have a new governor who left congress as a member of the tea party caucus, which was headed by the likes of michelle bachman. i am...
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which examines state local property and sales taxes and if you're going to look at taxes let's look at all the taxes right around the nation according to the results the poorest twenty percent of americans pay an effective tax rate of eleven point one percent middle twenty percent pay nine point four percent guess how much the top one percent pay just a measly five point six percent half the rate that the poor pay in some states around the nation like washington texas florida and south dakota which had no state income taxes the poor are paying tax rates six times higher than the top one percent this disparity has a lot to do is states moving away from progressive income taxes and towards sales taxes which are regressive since working people spend one hundred percent of their income and are those tax on one hundred percent of their income the billionaires on the other hand can't possibly spend all their income no matter what so they're taxed on only part of the ring conservatives want you to believe that half the nation doesn't pay taxes and that half of the nation is called takers b
which examines state local property and sales taxes and if you're going to look at taxes let's look at all the taxes right around the nation according to the results the poorest twenty percent of americans pay an effective tax rate of eleven point one percent middle twenty percent pay nine point four percent guess how much the top one percent pay just a measly five point six percent half the rate that the poor pay in some states around the nation like washington texas florida and south dakota...
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...taxing. so right now we'll give you... ...$10 off any turbo tax deluxe level software or higher! find thousands of big deals now... ...at officemax. ♪ melissa: so call it a potential hackers haven, but chattanooga hoping to offer the fastest internet structure in the country. if that's not enough for you, they instituted a new program called geek moves that covers mortgage and moving excepts for ten lucky techs. one innovative program instituted hoping to spark a tech revolution in tennessee. here to explap is the chattanooga mayor who i think is a genius. thank you for coming on the show. we appreciate your time. >> glad to be with you. melissa: why did you decide technology was key? what made you focus on that? >> well, we had a choice of rebuilding the old electrical system that receivers the city or building something for the future, and even though it was initially more costly, we felt the future was more compelling than the past. chattanooga's an old industrial city. this is new infra
...taxing. so right now we'll give you... ...$10 off any turbo tax deluxe level software or higher! find thousands of big deals now... ...at officemax. ♪ melissa: so call it a potential hackers haven, but chattanooga hoping to offer the fastest internet structure in the country. if that's not enough for you, they instituted a new program called geek moves that covers mortgage and moving excepts for ten lucky techs. one innovative program instituted hoping to spark a tech revolution in...
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school in american canyon. >> our promise to the voters of napa was to keep the tax bill at or below 39 or 36 and we were able to accomplish that. >>reporter: but there wasn't enough monto finish the project so the district resorted to capitol appreciation bonds or cabs. traditional school bond require borrowers to start making payments within 6 months. taxpayers usually pay 2 to three times the original amount borrowed. tab allow the payments to be stretched out over a longer period. sometimes decade. but there is a price. at least one district cost 23 times more than first borrowed. california watch investigation found the state had some of the loosest rules governing cap appreciation bond anywhere in the nation. found 3-21 school district used cab to finance project. combined those districts have borrowed more than 5 and a half billion dollars. costing taxpayers nearly 22 billion. >> in southern california the unified school district here used 53 million dollars in bond money to pay for construction of a high school. that included air conditioned gym and rubber track surrounding a
school in american canyon. >> our promise to the voters of napa was to keep the tax bill at or below 39 or 36 and we were able to accomplish that. >>reporter: but there wasn't enough monto finish the project so the district resorted to capitol appreciation bonds or cabs. traditional school bond require borrowers to start making payments within 6 months. taxpayers usually pay 2 to three times the original amount borrowed. tab allow the payments to be stretched out over a longer...
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passed a fair tax, tax consumption, not income, taxing income is counterproductive. and it does thank you for your optimistic outlook for america. needed a lift. glass half full, my friend. finally, another example of waste, fraud, and abuse. this time from louisiana. a local newspaper in danvers talking about a little-known state law that will make residents pay more at the grocery store. alysian requires that grocers markup milk prices 6% above the invoice and shipping costs, 6%. a local store called fresh market has a weekly special, gallons of milk for $2.99 each and every tuesday. not anymore. the state is worried such deals to drive competitors out of business. isn't that what free-market are about? if they want to compete, lower prices. if not, what consumers walk up the door. that's my "2 cents more." it's obvious. coming in tomorrow, president obama's says deficit reduction is not a goal unto itself. shouldn't it be? of every action. that's it for tonight on "the willis report." thank you for joining us. have a great night, and we will see right back here to
passed a fair tax, tax consumption, not income, taxing income is counterproductive. and it does thank you for your optimistic outlook for america. needed a lift. glass half full, my friend. finally, another example of waste, fraud, and abuse. this time from louisiana. a local newspaper in danvers talking about a little-known state law that will make residents pay more at the grocery store. alysian requires that grocers markup milk prices 6% above the invoice and shipping costs, 6%. a local...
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food drink labor at that time we weren't taxed on labor in the us and that this was the what was the problem with national debt is that you leave it for future generations and this is what the spectator notes in this article is that this is one of the most insidious sort of lies that you tell a population because the fact is that the national debt must be paid by our children and. and children well they also say that inflation is low however what's this horsemeat scandal about it's about swapping cheaper made for other made us inflation what's the tainting of food here in the u.k. about watering down the milk selling tainted food at the supermarket selling horsemeat for tell me that's a form of inflation you're swapping out cheaper goods for other goods and you're creating stealth inflation you know the portions are getting smaller you know you go to tesco and you buy a portions and they're less they're smaller for the same price so you're saying there's no inflation oh that's a lie there is a place and this goes back to the romans who during their inflationary period would clip the
food drink labor at that time we weren't taxed on labor in the us and that this was the what was the problem with national debt is that you leave it for future generations and this is what the spectator notes in this article is that this is one of the most insidious sort of lies that you tell a population because the fact is that the national debt must be paid by our children and. and children well they also say that inflation is low however what's this horsemeat scandal about it's about...
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credit -- melissa: they would pay payroll taxes, state, local, and federal taxes. >> right. we think 55% of illegals are already paying taxes. it's not that much. their income is so much less on average, reflecting educational attainment, that even if the other 45% paid payroll tax, generally, they don't pay income tax because they are too poor. we think 80% or less educated. what the fiscal impact reflects, not so much where they are from or who they are, rather their educational attainment. unskilled immigration is costly for taxpayers even though most work. melissa: steve, thank you for your time. >> sure thing. melissa: next on "money," violent protests in egypt, the critical passageway for oil supplies could be at risk. we'll explain. plus, it tastes so good, but that grocery store frozen pizza, is it toxic for your body? one says the california pizza kitchen is deliberately poisenning consumers. i don't know. we have the details. piles of "money," but no frozen pizza though. that's coming up president ♪ have given way to sleeping. tossing and turning where sleepless
credit -- melissa: they would pay payroll taxes, state, local, and federal taxes. >> right. we think 55% of illegals are already paying taxes. it's not that much. their income is so much less on average, reflecting educational attainment, that even if the other 45% paid payroll tax, generally, they don't pay income tax because they are too poor. we think 80% or less educated. what the fiscal impact reflects, not so much where they are from or who they are, rather their educational...
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. >> say on the tax policy, they fought against raising the taxes on the rich and 60% of the public believed in that. >> they came out -- coming out for cutting government spending will help you. >> but the rich. >> why don't they stick to their strong points? anyway, republicans look ridiculous this week i believe when they decided to go after secretary of state hillary clinton who is riding so high in the polls right now. why'd they go at the very point she was at her strongest, they attacked. let's take a look. >> i'm glad that you're accepting responsibility. i think that ultimately with your leaving you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9/11 and i really mean that. had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of your post. i think it's inexcusable not to know of the requests for security i think cost these people their lives. >> madam secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap. and that's national security malpractice. you have said yo
. >> say on the tax policy, they fought against raising the taxes on the rich and 60% of the public believed in that. >> they came out -- coming out for cutting government spending will help you. >> but the rich. >> why don't they stick to their strong points? anyway, republicans look ridiculous this week i believe when they decided to go after secretary of state hillary clinton who is riding so high in the polls right now. why'd they go at the very point she was at her...